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Marquette: No shortage of short track racing

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July is a great time of the year if you’re a short track racing fan. Things start off this weekend at Sharon Speedway as the World of Outlaws traveling series for the “Battle at the Border,” during which there will be $12,000 and $20,000 to win on Friday and Saturday, respectively. Some of the greatest Late Model drivers in the country, along with local and regional stars, will invade the red clay oval. UMP Mods will be on both shows. Gates open at 4 p.m., and racing will be at 7:30 p.m. Tony Stewart’s playground, Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, also has four nights of high-level ...

Phantoms' Cal Huston and Anthony Noreen reunion 'meant to be'

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You could almost say that the stars aligned just right for former Youngstown Phantoms defenseman Cal Huston. Huston fell in love with hockey at a very young age, watching the Youngstown SteelHounds play. As Huston grew, he got skates and a stick of his own and started playing for the youth ...

Poland 10U takes District 2 crown, tops Canfield, 6-0

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BOARDMAN — The first time Poland and Canfield met in the Little League 10U baseball District 2 tournament, Canfield jumped ahead early, forcing Poland to claw back en route to a win. On Wednesday in their second meeting at Boardman’s Fields of Dreams, however, Poland flipped the script, ...

Messi, Morocco, and 6 teams from Europe in quarterfinals

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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — More World Cup teams. Same World Cup story. This edition started with 48 teams; it’s now down to eight, with six of those from Europe. And unless Morocco pulls off a series of surprising outcomes over the final two weeks, the champion will come from Europe or South America. Again. As always. A tournament that has been around for nearly a century — the first World Cup was in 1930 — has been contested on 22 previous occasions. The champions: 12 from Europe, 10 from South America, zero from the rest of the globe combined. This year’s quarterfinal ...

Verlander plans to retire after this season

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DETROIT — Justin Verlander plans to call it a career later this year. The three-time Cy Young Award winner, two-time World Series champion and 2011 AL MVP will retire after this season with the Detroit Tigers. Verlander made the announcement on Wednesday, shortly after he was added as a Legend Pick to the American League All-Star roster. “While I’m fully committed to giving my team everything I have for the rest of this season, I’ve decided this will be my last,” Verlander shared on social media. “It’s fitting that I get to finish where it all started — with the ...